Port Of Oakland Chief Suspended In Strip Club Spending Case
Port of Oakland officials suspended their executive director amid an investigation into a $4,500 strip club expense racked up by the agency's head of maritime operations.
Watch CBS News
Port of Oakland officials suspended their executive director amid an investigation into a $4,500 strip club expense racked up by the agency's head of maritime operations.
Ryan Andresen and his family presented more than 400,000 signatures gathered in an online petition to the Mt. Diablo Silverado Council on Thursday, supporting his reinstatement.
The buses are used by tech companies in Silicon Valley to shuttle employees from San Francisco.
An Oakland City councilmember said Thursday the city should explore whether officers from other police agencies could bolster staffing at the Oakland Police Department until the next academy class graduates.
An anti-tax group is suing California State University, Monterey Bay over an email sent by a professor urging students to support Proposition 30, Gov. Jerry Brown's November tax initiative
With four of nine U.S. Supreme Court justices in their 70s and the next president in the position of possibly shaping the future of affirmative action, gay rights, abortions, and more with appointments he might make should any openings occur, the question of what kind of nominee he might put forth was posed to President Barack Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney in the CBS Local President Forum.
The head of the U.S. Senate's Intelligence Committee said Tuesday that it appeared an intelligence flaw and inadequate security were to blame for the Sept. 11 terrorist attack on the American Embassy in Benghazi, Libya that claimed the lives of Ambassador Chris Stevens, a Bay Area native, and three others.
Mountain View's City Council has denied Chick-fil-A a permit to open a fast-food restaurant on the busy El Camino Real at the recommendation of a zoning administrator.
KCBS, CBS 5 and Chronicle Insider Phil Matier on the change in Oakland officials regarding a possible federal takeover.
Incumbent Jerry McNerney and challenger Ricky Gill are locked in a tight battle in the race for the redrawn district.
The project is expected to be completed by early next year.
With this grueling presidential contest heading into the final days, President Barack Obama and former Mass. Gov Mitt Romney are getting in touch with their softer side as polls show women voters could be the ones to determine the outcome.
The president was feistier from the outset than he had been in their initial encounter two weeks ago, and a KPIX-TV CBS 5 poll conducted immediately following the 90-minute debate found that Californians felt Obama out-dueled Romney 56% to 32%.
Family, friends and colleagues gathered at San Francisco City Hall Tuesday to honor the life of Christopher Stevens, the U.S. ambassador to Libya who was killed last month.
Gov. Jerry Brown is warning college students to support his tax increase on the November ballot or face larger tuition bills in the future.
